The Online Railbird Report: Phil Ivey Is Week's Biggest Loser, Durrrr Challenge & More

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Aug 03, 2013 6 min read Last updated Aug 09, 2013

It��s been awhile since Viktor ��Isildur1�� Blom wasn��t the main story in The Online Railbird Report. He still managed to win $1.4 million in a single day this week, but by the time the week closed he was up just $133,004.

This week��s biggest winner ended up being ��samrostan,�� who won $700,758 in 2,411 hands spread across 21 sessions. Other winners included Ben ��Bttech86�� Tollerene (+$481,144 in 44 sessions/3,140 hands), Kyle ��KPR16�� Ray (+$400,166 in 37 sessions/5,242 hands), Alex ��IReadYrSoul�� Millar (+$371,183 in 15 sessions/1,152 hands), Hac ��trex313�� Dang (+$311,014 in 14 sessions/1,190 hands) and Patrik ��FinddaGrind�� Antonius (+$234,459 in 6 sessions/451 hands).

On the flip side, Phil ��Polarizing�� Ivey was the week��s biggest loser after dropping $685,751 in 2,320 hands over 29 sessions. He was followed by Gus Hansen* (-$574,751 in 36 sessions/2,067 hands), ��punting-peddler�� (-$523,023 in 15 sessions/2,323 hands) and Isaac ��luvtheWNBA�� Haxton (-$492,196 in 26 sessions/3,703 hands). It marked the second week in a row that Haxton lost big �� he was last week��s biggest loser with a $792,597 loss.

*Read about Hansen's recent win in Event #8 �1,000+�100 UK vs. Ireland Heads-Up Championship of the Full Tilt Poker Galway Festival.

Blom & ��Odd_Oddsen�� Mix It Up

On Thursday, July 25, Viktor ��Isildur1�� Blom was back in action and got off to a bad start by dropping nearly $300,000 to Kyle ��KPR16�� Ray at fixed-limit Omaha Hi/Lo (FLO8). Fortunately for him, he was able to right the ship by taking $85,000 off ��Sanlker�� playing $500/$1,000 CAP no-limit hold��em and $216,000 from ��SallyWoo�� at FLO8. It was against the former that Blom won the day��s biggest pot.

It began when ��Sanlker�� ($160,549.50) opened for $2,400 on the button and Blom ($159,412) three-bet to $8,000. After a call, the flop came down 10?2?8? and Blom bet $10,400. ��Sanlker�� raised to $24,200 and then called off his remaining $127,212 when Blom shoved all in. ��Sanlker�� tabled the A?J? for a flush draw, but he was behind the J?J? of Blom. Neither the K? turn nor 8? river was what ��Sanlker�� needed and he watched the $318,824 pot pushed to his Swedish opponent. Blom went on to finish a $64,800 winner on the day.

Another player who fared well in Thursday action, albeit on PokerStars, was ��Odd_Oddsen,�� who was recently featured in our popular Online Chat series. The Norwegian won $186,700 at the $100/$200 pot-limit Omaha tables.

Blom Wins $1.4 Million on Sunday

As previously reported in a special edition of The Railbird, this past Sunday belonged to Viktor ��Isildur1�� Blom as he won an astounding $1.4 million in a full day of action. Blom started the day by winning $150,000 in two hours from Isaac ��luvtheWNBA�� Haxton at the $500/$1,000 CAP no-limit hold��em tables. After winning $49,000 at the 2-7 Triple Draw tables, Blom took to fixed-limit Omaha hi/lo where he won $240,000 in the first three and a half hours. Over the next 80 minutes, Blom caught fire and won $423,000 more against the likes of Kyle ��KPR16�� Ray, Gus Hansen and Phil ��Polarizing�� Ivey.

Blom didn��t stop there. Here are some other highlights from his Sunday run:

• Won $73,000 in 40 minutes of $400/$800 no-limit hold��em against ��Sanlker.�� The two then switched to $500/$1,000 CAP NLHE and Blom won another $212,000.
• Won $52,000 from Ivey in just 25 hands of 2-7 Triple Draw.
• A six-hour rematch against Haxton saw Blom add another $110,000 to his bankroll.
• Won $70,000 from ��SallyWoo�� at the $2,000/$4,000 FLO8 tables in early Monday morning.

For more on Blom��s big win, check out the recap in The Railbird.

��MalACEsia�� Rebounds; Wins $366K Pot Off Tollerene

Gracing the loser��s list week in and week out is something ��MalACEsia�� knows all too well, but that all changed this week after he finished a $181,244 winner, which came from 2,201 hands over 26 sessions. On Monday, ��MalACEsia�� won $436,800 after playing $400/$800 no-limit hold��em against the likes of Alex ��IReadYrSoul�� Millar, ��punting-peddler,�� and ��Denoking,�� just to name a few.

As the clock rolled over into Tuesday morning, ��MalACEsia�� won a massive pot off Ben ��Bttech86�� Tollerene. Have a look:

Tollerene may have lost that pot but he didn��t let it discourage him. Instead, he kept playing the $400/$800 NLHE game through the afternoon and finished up $411,200.

It was also in Thursday action that a $315K pot developed at the $400/$800 NLHE tables. It happened at a six-handed table when action folded to Niklas ��ragen70�� Heinecker ($168,287) on the button and he opened for $1,920. ��Call_911�� ($156,937.33) then three-bet to $8,000 from the small blind, the big folded and Heinecker pushed back with a four-bet to $21,120. ��Call_911�� then five-bet to $34,400, Heinecker called and the flop came down 6?5?K?. ��Call_911�� bet $25,000, Heinecker called and the 10? turned. ��Call_911�� ended up check-calling a bet of $30,120 and the A? completed the board on the river. ��Call_911�� checked for a second time and then called off his remaining $67,417.33 when Heinecker shoved all in. Heinecker tabled the A?A? for a rivered set, and it was good as ��Call_911�� folded. Ship the $315,272 pot to the German.

Finally, Thursday saw Viktor ��Isildur1�� Blom take on ��Sanlker�� in heads-up play at $400/$800 NLHE and $500/$1,000 CAP NLHE. It was in the former game that the Swede dropped $330,000 in just 23 minutes, though that was offset as Blom had won $415,000 playing FLO8 that day. When the day came to an end, ��Sanlker�� was a $408,400 winner while Blom was down $23,000.

��Durrrr�� Challenge Back On?

On July 22, Daniel ��jungleman12�� Cates took to TwoPlusTwo to announce that the long-delayed ��Durrrr Challenge�� between him and Tom ��durrrr�� Dwan will resume in August. The two have already played nearly 20,000 hands from the 50,000-hand match, which was agreed upon three years ago, with Cates out in front by more than $1 million.

Dwan laid Cates 3-to-1 odds on a $500,000 bet, meaning if Cates can maintain his lead he will win $1.5 million. Here��s what Cates had to say in the forum post:

��regarding the durrrr challenge, we agreed to play a min of 4k hands/month, and then 8k hands every 2 months afterwards. If we dont play 4k hands a month in august, then restrictions will be made. I guess restrictions means scheduled times, penalties for not complying... I will be posting here in august/september if this doesnt help state of challenge��

Millar vs. Blom Once Again

Viktor ��Isildur1�� Blom and Alex ��IReadYrSoul�� Millar have become archrivals at the high-stakes no-limit hold��em tables. On the first day of August, the two were back at it, though they only played for 45 minutes at two tables. Even so, Millar managed to win $425,000 in the approximately 200-hand match! Here��s a look at the three biggest pots from that match:

Hand #1: Millar ($221,786) opened for $2,700 and then called when Blom ($128,249) three-bet to $9,600, bringing about the A?7?6?. Millar then called a bet of $12,800, the 6? turned and Blom check-called a bet of $22,550. When the 3? completed the board on the river, Blom checked and then called off for $83,299 after Millar shoved. Millar tabbed the K?10? for the nut flush, and it was good enough to win the $256,498 pot as Blom mucked his cards.

Hand #2: Millar ($154,357) opened for $2,700 only to have Blom ($125,636.50) three-bet to $9,600. Millar called, the flop fell 10?8?5? and Blom led out for $12,800. Millar raised to $28,800, Blom three-bet to $75,000 and Millar four-bet to $150,000. Blom called off his remaining $41,036.50. The 9? was put out on the turn followed by the Q? on the river, and Millar tabled the Q?10? for two pair. Blom then showed the A?K? for a missed flush draw and Millar took down the $251,300 pot.

Hand #3:

Biggest Winners/Losers (Full Tilt Poker)

Biggest Winners (7/26-8/1): ��samrostan�� (+$700,758), Ben ��Bttech86�� Tollerene (+$481,144), ��proudlikeagoat�� (+$412,729), Kyle ��KPR16�� Ray (+$400,166), ��John R Turk�� (+$390,570), Alex ��IReadYrSoul�� Millar (+$371,183), Hac ��trex313�� Dang (+$311,014), Patrik ��FinddaGrind�� Antonius (+$234,459)

Biggest Losers (7/26-8/1): Phil ��Polarizing�� Ivey (-$685,751), Gus Hansen (-$574,751), ��punting-peddler�� (-$523,023), Isaac ��luvtheWNBA�� Haxton ($492,196), ��Rhje�� (-$462,023), ��Trueteller�� (-$438,630)

Year��s biggest winners: Kyle ��cottonseed1�� Hendon (+$3,556,082), Viktor ��Isildur1�� Blom (+$3,140,715), Alexander ��PostFlopAction�� Kostritsyn (+$2,714,965), Ben ��Bttech86�� Tollerene (+$2,405,690), Patrik ��FinddaGrind�� Antonius (+$1,790,599), ��Odd_Oddsen��* (+$1,615,567), Hac ��trex313�� Dang (+$1,607,796), Tom ��durrrr�� Dwan (+$1,484,451)

Year��s biggest losers: Gus Hansen (-$4,003,528), Phil ��Polarizing�� Ivey (-$2,859,477), ��samrostan�� (-$2,817,245), ��punting-peddler�� (-$1,648,452), ��MalACEsia�� (-$1,380,398), ��patpatpanda�� (-$1,330,885), Scott ��mastrblastr�� Seiver (-$1,220,399), Ben ��Sauce1234�� Sulsky (-$1,210,658)

*Denotes PokerStars

_{Data, hands and replayer obtained from HighStakesDB.com}

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